I tried to review PingChat! 2 for iPhone, but I failed
Note: my messages are on the right. It's my friend who doesn't appreciate Ping's UI.
PingChat! 2 was released for free a few weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to cover it on the site for quite a while now, but it’s been incredibly difficult to get any of my friends to start using it. None of the JAiB team showed any particular interest in the app, either.
So as cool as the newer and bolder UI looks, I just haven’t really had more than five minutes of actual chat time. I think this highlights one of the problems with device-specific messengers: unless you know people as geeky as you are (or you’ve found someone who loves you very, very much), few people are going to jump onto a new messaging platform limited to just one device — not when services like Google Talk, AIM, and MSN are available and free to use through other messengers like Meebo. That’s why it’s a really big deal that Ping! will be available on Android and Blackberry devices “soon” (according to Ping’s website), and I just might have an actual review to offer when that time comes.
So what’s my ultra quick verdict of Ping as a bona fide expert on the subject? It works. Friend invites can be sent through Twitter, Facebook, or e-mail. Chat messages are sent quickly, and you’ll even see confirmation of receipt, just like you do in WhatsApp. It’s also surprising to see a free messenger app without any ads, but I’ll take it if they’re willing to pay everything. The only complaint I have about Ping has to do with this strange address book bug: I’ve been trying for weeks to fill it, but it’s still empty. 
a very stupid choice of Ping to make a second version
instead of just doing an Update…
you should give pushme.to a try…. its nice and non iphone users can chat on website to you as well and pictures
http://pushme.to/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pushme-to/id343341…
It's worked miracles for me. A very close friend of mine recently moved to Japan. While I have the option of using Skype, Facebook or email (which we do use btw), those service cannot offer true 'instant' messaging.
Enter PingChat!2. While it's not as polished as the default SMS app, the speed, ease of use and ability to send pictures and videos and have them delivered to the recipient virtually instantaneously, coupled with the confidence that they are immediately notified make this a better option than the alternatives (not that I've tried them all).
There are many other reasons why this is a great app, but the biggest for me has been communicating with a friend several thousand miles away like he was only around the corner.
I recommend IM+ for all your messaging needs, it's fantastic, and allows you to use any of a ton of messenger accounts, ie AOL, MSN, Skype, ect. so you can amalgamate all of your messenger accounts into the same app! worth a look
I still vastly prefer Beejive to any other messaging app. It's still the smoothest, easiest, and prettiest chat client for me (though PC2 is really good looking as well)
The only platform specific enjoyable chatting I've seen is BlackBerry's built-in messenger. I really want to be able to do FaceTime with gChat or something similar…
i have create my id in pingchat before. now i using a new iphone4. install new app pingchat. how i can using back my pingchat old id?